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kamorka Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 10:13 am I have picked up this coin last Sunday at a coin show. There is a line going through RIBUS (EPLURIBUS) and continues through top of the left wing. Do you think its a veriety or one of many die cracks? Report this Post to the Staff

wquinn Pillar of the Community United States 2295 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 10:18 am Very nice die crack. That one is very long and it is amazing as to how it curves like that. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 11:27 am Note the devices. This is a VLDS die. Old age is catching up with this die. Report this Post to the Staff
Jayman931 Pillar of the Community United States 2651 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 12:12 pm Looks like it goes down to the "Q" in quarter...prett cool. Report this Post to the Staff
War Nickel Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 12:20 pm That is a remarkably long die crack. Makes the coin more interesting, in my humble opinion. Also, I thought die cracks were more commonly like a spoke on a wheel (radial) and not like a tire rim (circumfrential) ...but again, not an expert here... Report this Post to the Staff
wquinn Pillar of the Community United States 2295 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 12:28 pm Good point. Yeah, most die cracks I see start from the rim and go towards the center of the coin. It is cool the way it curves like that. Report this Post to the Staff
kamorka Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 2:13 pm I took another picture of this coin. One thing for sure, this is not a scratch. The line is bulging, there is a small scratch in the middle of M in AMERICA one can compare with. I am not sure I ever saw a die crack to curve like that, does anybody know of any examples were a die crack was curving? Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 2:54 pm I bet that coin's an absolute blazer with die wear like that. I have a Mercury dime with a concentric die crack like that. It goes most of the way around the reverse through the legends around the edge, though it's a a finer and harder to see. It's also got cracks spiderwebbing out from the center. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 03/07/2012 3:06 pm That is most likely two cracks that have intersected each other. The leading edges of the wings are points of inherent weakness in the die design so it is fairly common to find peripheral cracks but those two are a bit longer than what is usually seen. Report this Post to the Staff
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